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    Fraunhofer CAP: Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics

    Fraunhofer's first UK research centre, in Glasgow, with a dedicated unit for lasers and photonics used in quantum technologies.

    This page covers the programme's funding and partners. The main page is the Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics profile.

    Project data last updated 11 October 2026

    About this project

    Fraunhofer CAP was set up in Glasgow in 2012 and is based at the University of Strathclyde's Technology and Innovation Centre. A dedicated quantum technologies business unit was reported in November 2021, when quantum work made up half of the centre's workload.

    In December 2025 the centre received £8m from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology for four years of work on photonics and quantum technologies. It led the QT Assemble project under the Quantum Technologies Challenge.

    Lead organisation

    Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics

    Research organisation · Glasgow

    Glasgow's Fraunhofer centre for applied photonics, which led the QT Assemble consortium on compact quantum components and won £8m from DSIT in 2025.

    Partners (1)

    Funders

    In the news

    Quantum Zeitgeist articles about Fraunhofer CAP, then ones naming its lead or partners.

    • UK Project Develops Secure Quantum Key Distribution Receiver Modules

      · UK

      UK Develops Secure Quantum Key Distribution Modules, read on Quantum Zeitgeist

      A collaborative project in the UK, backed by £1.5 million in funding from Innovate UK, is set to revolutionize the landscape of quantum key distribution (QKD) by developing and demonstrating high-fidelity, modular, and scalable receiver modules. The MARCONI project aims to introduce two new OEM QKD

      Image © Quantum Zeitgeist

    • Infleqtion and Thorlabs Partner to Advance Quantum Technology Components

      · UK

      Infleqtion, Thorlabs Advance Quantum Components, read on Quantum Zeitgeist

      A significant milestone has been reached in the development of quantum technology, with Infleqtion and Thorlabs announcing a new partnership to commercialize Infleqtion’s highly integrated optical fiber collimation package. This breakthrough is expected to accelerate innovation in quantum applicatio

      Image © Quantum Zeitgeist

    • A radio mast broadcasting streams of binary

      Telecom Single-Photon Source Enables 227 km Quantum Encryption, read on Quantum Zeitgeist

      A decoy-state quantum key distribution scheme was implemented using a telecom C-band single-emitter source, enabling positive secret key rates over 227 km of optical fiber. This demonstrates a loss tolerance one order of magnitude greater than non-decoy schemes, broadening the scope of single-photon

      Image © Quantum Zeitgeist

    All news for this project and its partners

    Sources

    1. University of Strathclyde: Fraunhofer funding (8 December 2025) (strath.ac.uk)
    2. Quantum Insider: UK's first Fraunhofer centre launches dedicated quantum technology unit (thequantuminsider.com)
    3. Quantum Zeitgeist: £14M funds UK and Germany quantum computing and sensors (quantumzeitgeist.com)